Detachable heel for boots or shoes



(No Model A. MAEBERT.

DETAGHABLE HEEL FOR BOO TS 0R SHOES. No. 606,016. Patented June 21, 1898.

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DETACHABLE HEEL FOR BOOTS QR SHOES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 606,016, dated June 21,1898.

Application filed July 24:, 1897. Serial No. 645,842. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALEXANDER MAEBERT, a citizen of the United States, residing at J ersey City, inthe county' of Hudson and State of New Jersey, have in vented certain n ew and useful Improvements in Detachable Heels for Boots or Shoes, of which the following is a full and complete specification, such as will enable those skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to boots and shoes; and the object thereof is to provide an article of this class with a detachable heel which may be taken off and substituted by a new one by the owner of the boot or shoe whenever desired, a further object being to provide boots or shoeswith a heel which is detachablyconnected therewith, a plurality of said heels being furnished with the boot or shoe, so that the old heels may be taken off and new ones applied whenever desired.

The invention is fully disclosed in the following specification, of which the accompanying drawings form a part, in which- Figure 1 is a side view of a part of a shoe provided with my improved detachable heel; Fig. 2, a central longitudinal section of the heel portion of the shoe; Fig. 3, a plan view of the heel detached from the shoe; Fig. 4, a bottom plan view of that part of the shoe with which the heel is adapted to be connected, said heel being removed; Fig. 5, a cross-section on the line 5 5 of Fig. 2, and Fig. 6 a similar view showing a modified form of construction.

In the drawings forming part of this specification the separate parts of my improvement are designated by the same numerals of reference in each of the views, and in said drawings I have shown at 5 a part of a boot or shoe which is provided with the usual sole 6, and in the practice of my invention I so cure to that partof the sole 6 with which the heel is connected -a metal heel-plate 7, which is held in place-by screws 8 or in any desired projects forwardly and downwardly and is formed from the material of said plate by means of slits 12, and said tongue is provided with a hole or opening 14 in the end thereof. The plate 7 is also provided longitudinally of each side thereof and centrally of the opposite sides of the flange or rim 9 and the tongue-11 with downwardly and outwardly curved wings or flanges 15, which are preferably cut from the material of said plate and turned outwardly, thus forming corresponding openings 16 in said plate.

The heel 17 is preferably composed of separate pieces of leather in the usualimanner, and said pieces may be secured together by tacks, nails, screws, or pegs, and said heel is also provided around the sides andthe rear portion thereof with a groove 18, which corresponds with the flange or rim 9 on the plate 7, and secured to the top of the heel is a plate 19, the said plate being secured to said heel by nails or screws 20 or in any desired manner, and said plate 19 is provided adjacent to its opposite sides with longitudinal slits 21,

- the rear ends of which are curved outwardly,

as shown at 22, and by means of these slits 21 and the extensions 22 thereof wings or flanges 23 are formed, which are bent upwardly slightly'and with which the wings or flanges 15 on the plates 7 are adapted to engage, and said plate 19 is also provided centrally thereof with a rectangular opening 21,

in which is a tongue 25, which is countersunk in the material of the heel and secured thereto by a pin or screw 26, and a corresponding cavity or recess is formed in the heel, and extending forwardly from said cavity or recess is an opening 27, through which the tongue 11- on the plate 7 is adapted to pass.

in connection with the accompanying drawings and the following statement thereof.

In securing the heel in position the heel is grasped in the right hand and the shoe proper held in the left, and therear portion of the heel or the plate 19, secured thereto,is pressed downwardly on the front end of the plate 7 and on the tongue 11, connected therewith, and the heel is then forced backwardly, and in this operation the edge of the plate 19 -J The operation will be readily understood .from the foregoing description when taken ICO passes under the flange or rim 9, the wings or flanges 15 pass under the wings or flanges 23, and the tongue 12 passes through the opening 2% in the central portion of the plate 19 and out through the opening 21, formed in the heel 13, and the key-pin 28 is passed through the end of said tongue or through the hole or opening 14-, formed therein. In Fig. 6 I have shown a in odiflcation of this construction in which the plate 7 is provided with the flange or rim 9, which is adapted to enter an annular groove 28, formed in the heel, and said plate 7 is also provided with wings or flanges 15, which pass into corresponding slits 29, formed in the heel, and the tongue 11 passes through the opening 27, formed in the front portion of the heel, as hereinbefore described. It will be understood that in this construction there is no plate secured to the heel 17, the plate 7, secured to the bottom of the sole (5, the annular flange 9, the flanges or wings 15, and the tongue 11 operating directly in connection with the heel 10.

My improvement is simple in construction and operation and isperfectly adapted to accomplish the result for which it is intended, and by means thereof new heels may be substituted for old ones whenever desired; and it will be apparent that changes in and modifications of the construction herein described may be made without departing from the spirit of my invention or sacrificing its advantages.

Having fnlly described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent 1. The combination with a boot or shoe, of a heel-plate secured thereto, and provided at the sides and rear portion thereof, with a downwardly and inwardly directed flange or rim,

said plate being also provided centrally thereof, with a downwardly and forwardly directed spring-tongue, and adjacent to each side of said tongue with downwardly and outwardly curved flanges or wings, and a detatchable heel which is adapted to be connected with said plate, said detachable heel being provided with a plate which is secured thereto, and which is provided centrally with an opening through which said tongue is adapted to pass, and adjacent to each side thereof, with longitudinal flanges or wings with which the longitudinal flanges or wings formed on said first-named plate are adapted to engage, substantially as shown and described.

2. A shoe or boot provided with a heel-plate,

which is secured thereto, and a heel provided with a corresponding plate which is secured thereto, the plate which is secured to the shoe or boot, and the plate which is secured to the heel being provided with interlocking flanges or wings, and the plate which is secured to the boot or shoe being also provided on its sides and rear edge with a downwardly and inwardly directed flange or rim with which the plate which is secured to the heel is adapted to engage, substantially as shown and described.

3. A shoe or boot provided with a heel-plate and a detachable heel also provided with a plate, one of said plates being provided with a centrally-disposed locking-tongue and with an interlocking flange or wing arranged on each side of said tongue, the other of said plates being provided with a central opening for said tongue and a flange or wing on each side of said opening adapted to interlock with said interlocking flanges and means for looking the heel to the heel-plate, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

4. A shoe or boot provided with a heel-plate, which is secured thereto, and a heel provided with a corresponding plate which is secured thereto, the plate which is secured to the shoe or boot, and the plate which is secured to the heel being provided with interlocking flanges or wings and with a locking-tongue and an opening therefor the plate which is secured to the boot or shoe being also provided on its sides and rear edge with a downwardly and inwardly directed flange or rim with which the plate which is secured to the heel is adapted to engage, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

5. A boot or shoe, provided with projecting flanges or wings and a detachable heel constructed to receive said projecting portions and to be thereby secured upon said boot or shoe, said projecting flanges or win gs ranging diagonally or at an incline to wed go or tighten the heel upon the shoe in the operation of attaching, and means for locking the heelto the boot or shoe, substantially as and for the pur pose set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention 1 have signed my name, in presence of the subscribing witnesses, this 16th day of July,.1b197.

ALEXANDER MAEBERT.

\Vitnesses:

M. A. KNowLns, L. MULLER. 

